GLENFINNAN HYDRO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC393231 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-09

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 14.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.8y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 14.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

40 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-05-22
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2026-03-10
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2025-12-03
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2024-11-08
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2023-10-25
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2022-11-29
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2021-12-02
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2020-11-17
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2019-12-04
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accounts · AA
2019-08-01
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RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2019-08-01
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officers · AP04
2019-08-01
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officers · TM02
2019-07-31
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RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE resigned
corporate-secretary
2018-12-04
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accounts · AA
2017-11-29
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accounts · AA
2017-02-28
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officers · CH01
2017-02-28
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officers · CH01
2011-10-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2011-02-09
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Company incorporated
As GLENFINNAN HYDRO LIMITED
2011-02-09
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LEITH, Ian Alexander appointed
director
2011-02-09
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LEITH, Philip Angus appointed
director
2011-02-09
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LEITH, Samantha Jane appointed
director
2011-02-09
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RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE appointed
corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ian Alexander Leith Individual · British · DOB 09/1948 · age 78	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-02-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

12-16 Albyn Place

Aberdeen

AB10 1PS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-23

Last: 2026-02-09

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE LLP→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2019-08-01

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LEITH, Ian Alexander→

director · ~78y · appointed 2011-02-09

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LEITH, Philip Angus→

director · ~48y · appointed 2011-02-09

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LEITH, Samantha Jane→

director · ~51y · appointed 2011-02-09

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RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-02-09 · resigned 2019-07-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	06/10/2011	—

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Recent filings (40 total)

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2026-05-22

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2026-03-10